Dan Dierdorf

CBS came into Saturday’s game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Denver Broncos with a clear story line in its mind: Peyton Manning is God, and all our cameras and announcers are here to worship him. During the first quarter, viewers saw more close-ups of Manning’s right-hand glove than the one Johnnie Cochran made famous during the O.J. Simpson trial. And when Manning started to struggle in the second half and gave up a key fumble, analyst Dan Dierdorf told viewers during the replay and review, it wasn’t a fumble at all, it was an incompletion. Wrong again, Dan. Ultimately, Manning’s right hand and right arm did prove to be the difference in the game, but not...

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